'' is an album released in 1977 by
Emerson, Lake & Palmer . Unlike ''
Works Volume I '' which consisted of three solo and one ensemble sides, ''Volume II'' was a single album which seemingly was a compilation of leftover tracks from other album sessions that had not made those albums. While many derided the album for its apparent lack of focus, others felt it showed a different side of the band, with blues, bluegrass and jazz being very prominent as musical genres in this recording.
"When The Apple Blossoms Bloom...", "Tiger In The Spotlight" and "Brain Salad Surgery" had been recorded at the 1973 sessions for the album ''
Brain Salad Surgery '' but did not appear on it - rather strangely in the case of the latter.
''Volume II'' also included a stripped-down version of
Greg Lake 's "
I Believe In Father Christmas ." An orchestral version had previously been released in the
UK as a
Single and became something of an annual
Christmas standard there, alongside such others as
Slade 's "Merry Xmas, Everybody" and
Wizzard 's "I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day".
#"Tiger in a Spotlight" (
Keith Emerson ,
Greg Lake ,
Carl Palmer ,
Peter Sinfield ) – 4:32
#"When the Apple Blossoms Bloom in the Windmills of Your Mind I'll Be Your Valentine" (Emerson, Lake, Palmer) – 3:56
#"Bullfrog" (Ron Aspery, Mick Hodgkinson, Palmer)– 3:49
#"Brain Salad Surgery" (Emerson, Lake, Sinfield) – 3:07
#"Barrelhouse Shake-Down" (Emerson) – 3:37
#"Watching Over You" (Lake, Sinfield) – 3:54
#"So Far to Fall" (Emerson, Lake, Sinfield) – 4:55
#"
Maple Leaf Rag " (
Scott Joplin ) – 2:00
#"
I Believe In Father Christmas " (Lake, Sinfield) – 3:17
#"Close But Not Touching" (Palmer) – 3:18
#"
Honky Tonk Train Blues " (
Meade "Lux" Lewis ) – 3:09
#"
Show Me The Way To Go Home " (L. James Campbell, Reginald Connelly) – 3:30
- / So Far to Fall
- / Hallowed Be Thy Name
